Golf bag holder



Jan. 29, 1963 P. J. KIMMEL GOLF BAG HOLDER Filed July 2o. 1960 IN VENTOR.

PAUL J. MMMEL MMM ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent l() 3,075,733 GOLF BAG HGLDER Paul J. Kimmel, 204E. 74th St. N., Kansas City, Mo.

Filed July 20, 1960, Ser. No. 44,141

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-96) This invention relates to a device for holdinggolf bags in an upright position while a person is selecting a club andusing it in making his or her drive or play.

Heretofore, golfers playing without caddies have usually placed theirbags on the ground in a horizontal position, requiring stooping andbending to select a club, and very often damaging the clubs in removingthem from the bag due to contact with the side of the bag, thus bendingand otherwise damaging the clubs. This type of use of a golf bag also iswearing on the golf bag and is damaging thereto.

It is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention toprovide a stand for a golf bag having a stake portion which may becarried by the golfer and, when he is ready to make his play, to set thegolf bag down in a vertical or upright position and pressing on thestand with his foot will cause the stake portion to enter the ground andhold the bag in an upright position.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a holder for agolf bag having an arm forming a platform upon which the bottom of thegolf bag rests; to provide the holder below the bracket with a pointedmember or stake which may be pushed into the ground until the bracketwith the bottom of the bag thereon rests on the ground to steady or holdthe bag in an upright position; to provide the bracket with an extensionoppositely of the stake and bag whereby the foot of the user may beplaced thereon to push the stake in the ground; to provide the stakewith a rod or standard having the upper end turned laterally outwardlyforming a handle for carrying the holder and bag and for aiding insetting the same in upright position; to provide the rod with a bracketnear the lower end thereof for embracing one side of the golf bag; toprovide the arm near the bottom of the rod with a bracket havingportions embracing the opposite side of the bag; to provide foradjustment of the last-named bracket with respect to the first-namedbracket to hold the bottom of the bag in place on the platform; toprovide an arm rigidly mounted on the standard and extending above thehandle, and a hook member slidably mounted thereon whereby the hook willengage over the rim of the bag and hold the bag in firm position on thestand; and to provide a device of this character, simple and economicalto manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent fromthe following description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings wherein are set forth by way of illustration and examplecertain embodiments of this invention.

FIG. l is a perspective view of my stand showing the golf bag mountedthereon with parts broken away -to better illustrate the invention.

FIG. 2 is an elevational cross-sectional view, particularly illustratingthe stake mounted in the hollow standard and the lbottom bracket with4the extension thereon forming a foot step for forcing the stake intothe ground and showing the adjustable feature of the holding bracket forthe bag.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, particularly illustratingthe adjustable hook member on the standard.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a stand embodying the features of my invention for holdingthe golf bag 2 having the usual 2 carrying strap 3, a bottom portion 4and toprim 5 and sides 6 and 7. v

The stand comprises a hollow standard or rod 8 having its lower endWelded or otherwise suitably secured to an arm 9 having an opening 10through which a stake 11 extends. The stake 11 extends into the hollowtube 8 a suicient distance to lend rigidity to the standard 8 and isswaged or otherwise rigidly secured therein. The arm 9 extends laterallyoutwardly from the stake 11 as indicated at 12 forming a platform or thelike upon which the bottom 4 of the bag is adapted to rest, asillustrated in FIG. 1. The arm 9 extends laterally outwardly from theopposite side of the stake 11, as indicated at 13, forming a foot stepor the like upon which the foot of the golfer may be placed in pushingthe stake in the ground, as later described. A gusset l14 is welded orotherwise suitably secured between the Ifoot step 13 and the post 11, asbest illustrated in FIG. 2. The lower'end of the stake is pointed, asindicated at 15, for ease bf pushing the same into the ground, asindicated at 16.

Spaced upwardly from the arm 9 which forms the platform for the bottomof the golf bag is a U-shaped bracket member 17 welded yor otherwisesuitably secured to the rod 8 as indicated at 18 which embraces the side6 of the golf bag as illustrated in FIG. l. The arm or platform has aslot 19 spaced from the outer end 20 thereof to which is attached by abolt or the like 21 having a thumb nut 22 an arm 23 having its free endturned laterally upwardly as indicated at 24. Rigidly attached to theportion 24 of the arm 23 is a U-shaped bracket 25 by welding or the likeas indicated at 26, the bracket 25 embracing the side 7 of 4the golf bagand securely holding the bottom thereof on the platform or arm 9.

Welded or otherwise suitably secured near the upper end of the standard8 is an arm or plate 27 having an opening 28 therein for receiving abolt 29 having a wing nut 30 extending through a slot 31 in arm 32having its upper end hooked as indicated at 33 for engaging the top rim5 of the golf bag, as illustrated in FIG. 1. The tubular member orstandard 8 is turned outwardly as illustrated in FIG. 1 forming a handle34 for aiding in handling the holder and pushing it into the ground orcarrying the bag attached thereto, if desired.

In use of a device assembled and constructed as described, the wing nut22 on the bolt 21 is loosened and the arm 23 with the bracket 25 movedoutwardly, and the bottom 4 of the golf bag placed on the arm orplatform 9, and the bracket 25 pushed inwardly until it engages the bagsnugly to 4hold the same between the U- shaped bracket 17 and the nut22, then tightened. The wing nut 30 is loosened to move the hook memberor plate 32 to adjust the hook 33 to engage over the rim 5 of the upperopen end of the golf bag 2, and then pushed downwardly thereon until the-hook is firmly engaged with the rim, and the wing nut 30 thentightened. The golf bag will thus be securely held in the stand.

When carrying the golf bag, it can be carried by the strap 3 or even bythe handle 34 of the stand, and when it is desired to play the ball, the-foot of the golfer is placed upon the step 13 and the hand on thehandle 34 to set the stake 11 in the ground, as illustrated in FIG. 2.The gusset 14 will partially enter the ground and the bottom of the arm9 will also engage the ground, as well as the bottom of the golf bag, toaid the rod in Iholding the bag in upright position while the golfer ismaking his play.

It will be obvious that with this stand the golf bag may be quicklyassembled and disassembled therefrom and will hold the bag in steadyposition and not mar the same during use as in ordinary practice withoutthe stand.

It is to be understood that while I have illustrated and described oneform of my invention, it is not to be limited to the specific form orarrangement of parts herein described and shown except insofar as suchlimitations are included in the claim.

What I claim and desire to secure -by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described for supporting a golf bag having abottom and a top rim in upright position on a golf course comprising, asupporting rod having a pointed lower end forming a stake for engagingin the ground of the golf course, an arm rigidly ixed to said rod spacedfrom said pointed end, said arm extending laterally from the rod andforming a platform upon which the'bottom of the golf bag rests, said armhaving an end extending outwardly of said rod oppostely of said platformon the same plane as said arm forming a foot step for pressing saidpointed end of the rod into the ground, a triangular-shaped iiat gussetsecured to said stake and the underneath side of the outwardly extendingarm, a U-shaped bracket rigidly secured to said rod and spaced upwardlyfrom said arm'for embracing one side of the golf bag, said platform arrnhaving an -elongated slot therein, an arm having a U-sha-ped bracketfacing and in horizontal alignment with the first named U-shaped bracketfor embracing the opposite side of said bag, means engaging said lastnamed arm and said slot for adjustably fastening said last named arm tosaid platform arm, a handle on the upper end of the rod and extendingtrans Versely at an angle upwardlyfrom said rod, a plate rigidly securedto said rod and extending upwardly of said handle, and means slidablymounted on said plate for engaging the rim of sai-d bag to hold theupper portion of said bag rigidly to said rod whereby upon pushing ofthe pointed end of the rod into the ground the said arm with the bottomof said bag thereon will rest on the ground to aid said rod in holdingthe bag in said upright position.

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